Human Rights for Law Enforcement Curriculum Consultant
- BACKGROUNDThe United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been working in Pakistan for over 35 years together with the Government of Pakistan, civil society stakeholders and donor partners. The aim of UNODC is to help address Pakistan’s development challenges focused on three interdependent areas of work: Illicit trafficking and border management; Criminal justice; and Drug demand reduction and HIV/AIDS.Prominent transnational criminal industries operating from, in and through Pakistan include drug trafficking, precursor trafficking, arms smuggling, human trafficking and migrant smuggling. Despite efforts to curb criminal activity, increasingly high volumes of trade and traffic, coupled with potential corruption, facilitate the movement of contraband and allow exploitation by criminal groups. UNODC has programs assisting the Pakistani law enforcement agencies strengthen border management as well as the criminal justice system.
In line with the United Nations Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP), UNODC Country Office for Pakistan (COPAK) requires a consultant to prepare human rights training programmes to increase the level of knowledge and understanding of international human rights norms in the implementation of the Country Programme.The Human Rights Consultant will report to COPAK senior management.2. MAIN OBJECTIVES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK.The objective of the consultancy is to develop human rights training curricula for government counterparts, to facilitate mainstreaming of human rights norms in the delivery of technical assistance, with the following deliverables to be produced:• Review of existing human rights references and training tools for law enforcement. • Based on existing training material, create a human rights training package for law enforcement and criminal justice authorities relevant to the context of Pakistan. The package should include a course manual, course notes and PowerPoint presentations.
• Human rights quick reference quite applicable to law enforcement and criminal justice to be used in day to day work. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONSI. Academic Qualifications:• Advanced university degree in Law, Human Rights, International Relations, Journalism, Political Science, or similarly relevant discipline.II. Years of experience:• At least 5 years of experience working on human rights and developing training tools.III. Competencies:• Knowledge of human rights theory and practice.• Experience working with government authorities.• Ability to evaluate analytically and impartially. • Excellent writing, editing, and oral communication skills in English;• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize multiple tasks.• Knowledge of Pakistan and/or other countries in the region is an asset.
- DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WHEN SUBMITTING THE PROPOSALS.Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
Proposal:(i) Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work(ii) Provide a brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work (if applicable)
Financial proposal
Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and at least 3 references
P-11 Form duly completed.
FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount, and payment terms around specific and measurable (qualitative and quantitative) deliverables (i.e. whether payments fall in installments or upon completion of the entire contract). Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in the TOR. In order to assist the requesting unit in the comparison of financial proposals, the financial proposal will include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (including travel, per diems, and number of anticipated working days).
Travel;
All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources. In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the respective business unit and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.
EVALUATIONIndividual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology:When using this weighted scoring method, the award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, andb) Having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of weighted technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation. * Technical Criteria weight; [To be determined]* Financial Criteria weight; [To be determined]Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 60 point would be considered for the Financial EvaluationCriteria Weight Max. PointTechnical Competencies 70
At least a Master’s degree in a relevant field
20
At least 5-10 years of professional experience working on human rights and developing training tools
15
Experience and knowledge of working with governmental institutions
25
Experience drafting reports and papers in English
10
Financial (Lower Offer/Offer*100
Total Score Technical score 70 + 30 FinancialWeight per Technical CompetenceWeak: Below 70% The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a WEAK capacity for the analyzed competence Satisfactory : 70-75% The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a SATISFACTORY capacity for the analyzed competenceGood: 76-85% The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a GOOD capacity for the analyzed competenceVery Good: 86-95% The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a VERY GOOD capacity for the analyzed competenceOutstanding: 96-100% The individual consultant/contractor has demonstrated a OUTSATNDING capacity for the analyzed competence
Proposal should be submitted to the following e-mail address shahid.zareen.khattak@unodc.org no later than 25 October 2012.Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the address or e-mail indicated above. UNODC will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants.